Hi guys, here are some beads I ran last night with my Smiley TIG. Some passes were with filler some without. I realized, that with using a 3/32 tungsten, the 1/16 filler wasnt cutting it, I need 3/32 filler.

Settings on Smiley were maxed out at 120 amps.

Base metal was 1/4" steel flat bar I had laying around. I had some graying around the outside of the beads, so I turned my argon up to 30cfm ( which I think is really high for welding in a garage) and kinda solved the problem. I think it was needing a flapper disk to clean up the surface. But please advice me on my technique and what else I can do.

I apologize for the pics, camera phone

 

were you getting full penetation on the 1/4 with the amps all the way up?

i wish i could help on techinque, but im a noob too

i think better pics would help others determine where you could improve too.

mild steel im guessing? right

 

most of the ones did indeed get full penetration @120amps. I did however have to move really slow down to get that. up to a thee-one-thousand count then move

 

any new pics?

 

I'll post later on, but yes